Associate Director, Software Engineering

S&P Global

Associate Director, Software Engineering at S&P Global focusing on high-performance calculation engines for fixed income indices and scalable solutions. Collaborating with teams to enhance financial technology platforms.

Posted 5/10/2026full-timeNew York City • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $110,000 - $200,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCassandraCloudDistributed SystemsGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaMicroservicesMongoDBNoSQLPostgresPythonScalaSpring BootSpringBootSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design and develop high-performance calculation engines and services for fixed income indices processing large-scale financial data
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement scalable solutions that support critical business operations and client needs
Drive technical excellence by participating in code reviews, architecture discussions, and contributing to best practices for system reliability
Work within Agile development cycles to deliver features that enhance our fixed income technology platform and align with emerging industry standards
Mentor junior developers and contribute to the technical growth of the team through knowledge sharing and pair programming
Lead initiatives to modernize existing systems and implement new technologies that improve performance and maintainability
Architect and oversee high-performance calculation engines and services for index production and large-scale analytics, balancing latency, throughput, cost, and correctness.
Lead, mentor, and grow a team of engineers and quant-minded developers; set clear expectations on technical quality and quantitative rigor.
Implement end-to-end data lineage, reconciliation, anomaly detection, reproducibility, auditability, and versioning across analytics models, inputs, and outputs.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field, or equivalent professional experience
10+ years of software development experience with programming languages such as Java, C#, Python, or Scala
Strong experience with distributed systems, distributed caches and microservices architecture patterns and frameworks like SpringBoot, JPA.
Proficiency with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform
Extensive experience with both SQL and NoSQL database technologies, including hands-on expertise in platforms such as PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Cassandra
Demonstrated expertise in fixed income system design and instrument analytics.
Solid understanding of Agile development methodologies and product development lifecycle

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.
Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on.
Continuous Learning: Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills.
Invest in Your Future: Secure your financial future through competitive pay, retirement planning, a continuing education program with a company-matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs.
Family Friendly Perks: It’s not just about you. S&P Global has perks for your partners and little ones, too, with some best-in class benefits for families.
Beyond the Basics: From retail discounts to referral incentive awards—small perks can make a big difference.

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Hard Skills & Tools

JavaC#PythonScalaSpringBootJPASQLNoSQLPostgreSQLMongoDB

Soft Skills

collaborationmentoringtechnical excellenceknowledge sharingleadershipcommunicationproblem-solvingteam growthsetting expectationsbest practices